Charles Koch's long history of education funding

Conservative billionaire's massive grant to United Negro College Fund nothing new

Conservative billionaire Charles Koch's eponymous charitable foundation announced last week it's giving the United Negro College Fund $25 million to primarily fund thousands of merit-based scholarships.

While the development may come as a shock to some Democrats and
liberals, particularly those like Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
who've soughttovilify
Charles Koch and brother David as self-centered industrialists bent on
buying elections, it's status quo for the elder Koch sibling.

The vast majority of this cash was spread among 163
U.S. colleges and universities — many with reputations for liberal
faculty and left-leaning patrons — throughout 41 states and the District
of Columbia. It came on top of tens of millions of dollars more Koch
foundations have given colleges and universities during the past decade,
tax filings show.

Various Koch-backed charitable foundations have also made
massive contributions to medicine and the arts as well as sizable
grants to a variety of politics- and government-focused outfits.

The Kochs separate network of nonprofit trade associations and "social welfare" nonprofits have pumped
hundreds of millions of dollars into issue advertisements and direct
advocacy for and against political candidates — activity that continues today at a torrid pace as the nation heads toward congressional elections in November.

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